Dining on the Porch #2 With Romance and Miss Liberty

How about a red and white dinner plate and a bit of whimsy on the porch for lunch.

This 10 inch red transferware dinner plate was made by J&G Meakin, of England and is from their Romantic England Series. The pattern is named Haddon Hall. I found this beautiful plate in an antique shop in Paris, TN.

Are you familiar with Lori Mitchell? She is an American Artist who sculpts whimsical character pieces and Lady Liberty is one of her designs. You can checkout other characters here. 

Adding Lady Liberty with the red transferware plate seems to give the setting a patriotic feel.

Lady Liberty's hand seems to be reaching out to a small vase of flowers from my gardens: red roses, yellow coreopsis, and pink zinnias. 

Lady Liberty is about the size of the blue stemmed goblet.

The double napkins for the table are a blue one and a Celebrate napkin placed inside a silver napkin ring.

The fern in the background is a Kimberly Queen.

Thanks for stopping by for another post of Dining on the Porch - Judy.

Linking to:

OMHG Wonderful Wednesday on Monday

All About Home @ Follow the Yellow Brick Home and Common Ground on Monday at 6 pm

Through My Lens on Monday

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Tuesdays With A Twist @ God's Growing Garden 

Tuesday Turn About @ My Wee Abode at 6 pm

Wonderful Wednesday @ Ducks in a Row on Tuesday evening

My Corner of the World @ Photographing New Zealand on Wednesday

Share Your Style @ French Ethereal on Wednesday at 6 pm

Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Funtastic Link Party @ Two Chicks and A Mom on Thursday 9pm

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home on Thursday 

Fabulous Link Party @ Peacock Ridge Farm, Living Large in a Small House, South House Designs, & Vintage Home Designs on Friday

Friendship Friday Blog Hop @ Create With Joy

FLORAL FRIDAY FOTOS on Thursday

Floral Bliss on Friday

A Morning Cup of Joe @ The Cottage Market on Friday

Farm House Friday @ County Road 407

Friday With Friends @ My Hubbard Home

Saturday Sparks @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Garden Affair @ Jaipur Garden 

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Sundays on Silverado @ The House on Silverado

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Dining on the Porch With Red, White, and Blue

Today, I'm using a small table on my porch that is set with red, white and blue.

With Independence Day just around the corner, this Avon Liberty Bell Bicentennial Plate is front and center. 

The Liberty Bell Plate is sitting on a Staffordshire Liberty Blue dinner plate which I'll feature in another patriotic post.

The Paula Dean white plate has a pretty design and works with the stack of blue and white dishes. 

Do you see the small cross-stitched American Flag  design on the right side of the table?  I moved the stemmed goblet so you could see it. This special gift was made by a friend years ago; I am so thankful to have it especially since she told me she isn't doing cross stitch anymore because her eye sights isn't as good as it used to be. 

The cross-stitch design and the flag coaster add color and bits of patriotism for this red, white, and blue table. 

Thanks for stopping by to see my Red, White, and Blue table on the porch - Judy.

Linking to:

OMHG Wonderful Wednesday on Monday

All About Home @ Follow the Yellow Brick Home and Common Ground on Monday at 6 pm

Through My Lens on Monday

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Tuesdays With A Twist @ God's Growing Garden 

Tuesday Turn About @ My Wee Abode at 6 pm

Wonderful Wednesday @ Ducks in a Row on Tuesday evening

My Corner of the World @ Photographing New Zealand on Wednesday

Share Your Style @ French Ethereal on Wednesday at 6 pm

Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

Tablescape Thursday @ Between Naps on the Porch

Funtastic Link Party @ Two Chicks and A Mom on Thursday 9pm

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home on Thursday 

Fabulous Link Party @ Peacock Ridge Farm, Living Large in a Small House, South House Designs, & Vintage Home Designs on Friday

Friendship Friday Blog Hop @ Create With Joy

FLORAL FRIDAY FOTOS on Thursday

Floral Bliss on Friday

A Morning Cup of Joe @ The Cottage Market on Friday

Farm House Friday @ County Road 407

Friday With Friends @ My Hubbard Home

Saturday Sparks @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Garden Affair @ Jaipur Garden 

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Sundays on Silverado @ The House on Silverado

Inspire Me Monday @ Create With Joy on Sunday

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Flag Day 2020

Displaying our flags for Flag Day 2020. This day commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. 

Linking to:

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda

Our Garden Is Growing - Thankful Thursday

We planted a small garden this year and I am thankful the plants are growing.

You can see we did put a fence around the garden to keep those nibbling little guys out.

We have planted tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, zucchini, and yellow straight neck squash.

We do work a little each day in the garden, checking the plants, and have been doing some spraying for bugs.

The tomatoes are flowering so that is a great sign, and the cucumbers are growing by leaps and bounds daily. 

The garden is close to the back of our property and gets at least 6-8 hours of sun. 

Last year, I asked my husband to build a heavy duty trellis for honeysuckle. I wanted it to be rustic so he used some fallen tree limbs and trees for the structure.

We planted one plant last year late in the season. It is just starting to take off along with the two additional new honeysuckle plants. 

 

We do have wild honeysuckle in this area of our property so we should have lots of sweet aroma over time.

I'll keep you posted on our garden this summer. Thanks for stopping by - Judy.

Linking to:

Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life on Wednesday evening

Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Friday Photo Journal @ Serendipity is Sweet